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HALESTORM Announces New Album, Summer/Fall 2025 North American And European Tour Dates HALESTORM, the Grammy-winning band initially formed by siblings Lzzy and Arejay Hale with guitarist Joe Hottinger and bassist Josh Smith, has announced “Everest”, its sixth ...

BEAST IN BLACK Releases New Song 'Enter The Behelit' To Mark 'Berserk' Crossover Finnish heavy metal band BEAST IN BLACK has collaborated with Diablo, the critically acclaimed franchise that defined the Action RPG genre, and acclaimed manga Berserk to ...

DEATH ANGEL To Perform Entire 'Act III' Album At 2025 Christmas Concert San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans DEATH ANGEL will celebrate the 35th anniversary of their “Act III” album by performing it in its entirety at their tenth annual ...

BLACKIE LAWLESS Says 'Censorship Is Worse Now Than It Was In The '80s', Calls DONALD TRUMP 'A Winner' In a new interview with Mane Campos of Chile’s Heavyfonía, Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P., whose single “Animal (F**k Like a Beast)”,

GENE SIMMONS Says 'Astronomical' Insurance Costs Are Why He Is Charging More Than K For One Fan To Be His 'Roadie' For A Day In a new interview with 95.9 The Rat’s Carl Craft, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons discussed the “Personal ...

ANETTE OLZON To Perform Songs From Her NIGHTWISH Era On Special Tour Of Brazil In September Former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon will celebrate the two albums she recorded with the band — “Dark Passion Play” (2007) and “Imaginaerum” (2011) — on a ...

HALESTORM's LZZY HALE Is Honored To Be 'The Only Woman' Asked To Perform At OZZY OSBOURNE's Final Concert During a recent interview with Audacy Music, HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale spoke about the fact that she will appear at the upcoming “Back To ...

KIM THAYIL, CHRIS CORNELL's Widow Comment On SOUNDGARDEN's Upcoming ROCK HALL Induction SOUNDGARDEN guitarist Kim Thayil spoke to Billboard about the announcement that the band will join the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame class of 2025 in the Performer category. The ...

ACCEPT Recruits Producer CHRIS 'ZEUSS' HARRIS For Upcoming 50th-Anniversary Album In a new interview with Mark Strigl, ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann spoke about the band’s touring plans beyond a couple of U.S. festival appearances this year, including one at

K.K. DOWNING Pays Tribute To Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Drummer LES BINKS Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Kenneth “K.K.” Downing has paid tribute to the band’s ex-drummer Les Binks, who recently died at the age of 73. A cause was not revealed, though a funeral notice ...